August 11, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 10.4 / 1,385.2 I was up and on the trail early in order to beat the heat today. I was almost 3 miles today n before the sun rose over the hills to the east. Today was all paved roadwalk into Rawlins. I passed a couple or reservoirs and topped a hill and could see […]

August 10, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 31.2 / 1,374.8 I had a great campsite in the trees last night and woke up to a dry tent this morning. I was up and on the trail ready for a big day. The trail followed a ridge line for the first 3 miles this morning and had some great views of the valley […]

August 9, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 18.9 / 1,343.6 It rained early last night, but by the time I went to sleep it had stopped. Everything was still wet this morning and once again I wiped down my tent and packed it away partially wet. I slept in until about 6:00 and then packed up everything but my tent which was […]

August 8, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 18.5 / 1,324.7 I slept great last night. Everything was pretty wet when I woke up so I wiped my tent down once again as I packed up. The trail stayed up on the ridge line and circled around Hog Park Reservoir which I had a great view of in the valley below. The trail […]

August 7, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 26.6 / 1,306.2 It sprinkled a couple of time through the night, but never enough for me to close up the tent. I still woke to a wet morning because I was camped down by a creek. I wiped everything off and packed up and started down the trail. The trail followed the road for […]

August 6, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 25.5 / 1,279.6 It rained off and on throughout the night. When I woke up this morning I could see lightning and hear thunder. I checked the weather forecast and it was showing rain until 8:00am. I rolled over and went back to sleep. It did rain pretty hard for the next hour or so. […]

August 5, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 11.0 / 1,254.1 I tried to sleep in this morning, but was up by 5:30 and getting things together. I camped at the Muddy Creek Pass trailhead and walked about 100 yards to the highway to try to catch a ride. There’s not to many cars out at 6:30 on a Saturday morning and even […]

August 4, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 30.3 / 1,243.1 The rain ended early last night and I woke up to a dry tent this morning. It seemed pretty cold in the valley this morning and I started out the day with my rain jacket on for warmth. The trail followed the creek up the valley on an abandoned forest road. It […]

August 3, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 25.2 / 1,212.8 It started raining about an 9:30 last night and I closed up my tent and went back to sleep. It was still raining at 12:45 when I woke up again. When I woke up this morning everything was pretty wet and I had to wipe the tent dry before packing. I had […]

August 2, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 22.1 / 1,187.6 The people downstairs decided they wanted to go out on their patio last night and drink and talk loudly for awhile. They woke me up and I couldn’t get back to sleep for awhile because of their loud talking. I was tired this morning and didn’t want to get around. I made […]